DO NOT INSTALL XIMAGE/WAIK ON A VS 2005 COMPUTER

The .NET FX version WAIK uses will fail during install and leave VS 2005 unusable.

Note: You can fix the computer with a repair of the .NET Framework 2.0 but you probably have better things to do with that time.

For those of you that haven’t heard of WAIK it is described in MSDN downloads thusly:

As part of the Windows Vista beta program, we are pleased to announce the availability of brand new desktop deployment tools as well! The Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows Vista includes a whole suite of tools that can help create system images, unattend files as well as remotely deploy Windows Vista. Download this beta suite, play around with the tools and let us know what you think.